Kyrgyz

Meanings

Noun

• member of a Turkic people living primarily in Kyrgyzstan

Proper Noun

• The Western Turkic language of Kyrgyz people.

Adjective

• Of, from, or pertaining to Kyrgyzstan, the Kyrgyz people or the Kyrgyz language.

Origin

• From the name in Kyrgyz, possibly кырк кыз, a reference to the Epic of Manas unifying forty small tribes against the Chinese and the Muslim expansion; or possibly from Kyrgyz кырк ууз; or possibly from кыргыс. More at Kyrgyz.